This I Believe

I believe in true love. I married at the age of 22, not too young but it was the first time I had been asked and we had dated for only 5 months. It only took a few months before I knew there would be problems. Gene was an alcoholic but I had not recognized the signs. The marriage lasted almost 4 years. I had twin daughters the second year we were married. After 2 years I met a man totally different from my first husband, dated for 8 months and got married a second time. It took about 2 years before I realized Darrell was not what I thought love should really be or really wanted. We seperated for a year and went back together for four more years, but most of the time I was depressed and unhappy. About a year after we were first married, I met someone through my job who became a good friend. During the seperation Bill called me but I was very confused, unsure of myself and did not want to see him. For 10 years I dated but couldn’t find anyone who I thought was my true love. Many times I wondered what Bill was doing. I finally called him. He had never forgetten me! We dated for four months but I knew this was my true love. Bill and I have been married three years and life gets better every day. He is the most romantice man I have ever met. I believe true love does exists and if you just wait long enough you will find yours!

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This week’s essay

Growing up in the former Yugoslavia, lawyer Djenita Pasic enjoyed the peace of her religiously diverse country. But after the fall of communism and the outbreak of the Bosnian War, Pasic was forced to reevaluate her ideas about religion and tolerance. Click here to read her essay.